Mind Sieve 12/16/13

Morning, all!

Fan Fun

Simon's Cat - Christmas Presence (part 1) - These are always so cute!

Jupiter Ascending - SF - COOL!

Edge of Tomorrow - more awesome SF! YES!

Godzilla Official Trailer - yeah, they're trying again. Wonder how it will be.

Social Media/Author Platform

3 Ways Responsive Design Can Benefit Your Blog from Social Media Examiner, article by Rachel Spring. I've been hearing a lot about this type of design lately! Ugh more stuff to learn.

Instagram Direct: This Week in Social Media from Cindy King at the Social Media Examiner.

Writing Advice

From Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - Writing vs. Publishing (Or: No More Half Measures, Walter") - great post. And yes, I totally agree that once you publish, you definitely want to make sure it is the best it can be regardless of who the "published" part was achieved. Go, Beard!

Expectations and Reality - Making a Better, Happier, and Stronger You from Kristen Lamb. Dang, girl, dang!

Have a great week!

Mind Sieve 11/11/13

Let's see if I can get back on track!

Fan Fun

A super cute new Simon's Cat! "Scary Legs" (I know exactly how he feels!)

X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer - looks mind bending. Sweet!

Dragon Day Trailer 1 - hmmmm.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman Trailer - this looks fun! lol.

FROZEN Official Elsa Trailer - Oooo a weird plot. I like it!

Social Media/Author Platform

From Kristen Lamb - Author Success - The Laws of Sowing and Reaping. Much wisdom here!

Google + Custom URLs: This Week in Social Media by Cindy King at the Socia Media Examiner.

Writing Advice

How to Make Characters Vulnerable to Readers by Jami Gold.


Writing Resources 2 November 2013 from Gene Lempp. Tons of links in nice categories. :)

Yay for being back on schedule! Woot!

Mind Sieve 6/24/13

Yet another post done by vicarious means while waiting for my back muscles to play nice. :P
Though I have to say, the issues have forced me to get creative and to play with some of the more neglected electronic devices in the house. lol

My uncle shared this with me and I have to admit it was very cool! How To Get To Mars.

Walt Disney's Frozen Trailer. Too cute!

The LEGO Movie Trailer - just when you thought it couldn't get weirder. lol

(I was wrong- this is weirder still!) Free Birds Trailer - time travelling turkeys!!! ROFL!

Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Trailer 3 - Oooo! 

For lover's of Rachel Caine and her Morganville series  - she's doing a kickstarter project to get a we series done for the books! Cool! (Tried to embed the video, so hopefully that works!)

The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer - looks crazy! lol.

A new Simon's Cat! Flower Bed.

Facebook Hashtags - This Week In Social Media by Cindy King at Social Media Examiner. The FB hashtag thing sunds useful!

Does Google Know You Wrote That? by Randy Ingermanson at Gene Lempp's Blog. 

Tons of links to other writing blog posts at Gene Lempp's Blog in his Writing Resources 15 June 2013 post. Glad to have him back!

From Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - Ten Stupid Writer Tricks (That Might Actually Work!).

 Woohoo! Feeling a little more normal and finished the post. YEAH! *pumpsfistintheair* Wooo!

MInd Sieve 4/22/13

Good morning!

R.I.P.D. Trailer - this looks like it will be a ton of fun! Hee hee!

Man of Steel Official Trailer 3 - oh yeah!

Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer 3 - starts out like some of the other trailers but it's new! Wait till you see the BIG SHIP! Holly molly!

Black Sails - a pirate show! Ooooo!

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer. Looks promising!

The Tell-Tale Heart Official Trailer 1 - looks funky!

Screen Grab a New Simon's Cat! Woot!

Berlin - 12 Cellos and a Foot Drum from the Piano Guys. Love their work!

Red Wine and Dark Chocolate Are The Best Drugs! from James J Murray. No more guilt! :P

Ask Jami: WordPress Questions and Answer post by Jami Gold. She has classes too!

Facebook Adds Feelings and Actions: This Week in Social Media from Social Media Examiner.

Readers Owe Writers Approximately Zip Nada Zero from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig. He's totally right. I figure anyone who takes the plunge and takes the time to read one of my books or stories has already done a lot! Going any further is the reader being super awesome, but not in any way expected. :)

Humor is Everywhere - The Art of Being Funny - guest post by Leanne Shirtliffe at Kristen Lamb's Blog.

A bunch more entries to other blog posts can be found at Writing Resources 20 April 2013 at Gene Lempp's blog. (I've no idea how he finds the time! Eek!)

Have an awesome week!

Mind Sieve 2/25/13

Back to normal! Woot!
Did you miss me? Heh.

Feed Me from Simon's Cat - The ending just about killed me. lol. My cats are way more patient. Heh heh

Homemade Preview for Star Trek's Into Darkness. What's really weird is the longer you watch it, the more you fall for it. Weird! 

It's even freakier when they do a side by side comparison! lol.

Tor.com has a fun blog post about Nathan Fillion and taking Valentine requests on Twitter. Too cute!

Fast And Furious 6 - dang! Everyone is ramping up the explosives! lol.

The Big Wedding - looks cute!

E-Publicity: Notes on My E-Séance With Grace Wright (Part 1 Twitter) from the In Retrospect Blog.

Facebook Graph Search Review: How It Works by Chris Treadaway at the Social Media Examiner.

Recipe For A Successful Synopsis from Jami Gold. Great tips!

How To Push Past the BS and Write That GD Novel: A Very Simple No-F Writing Plan To Get Sh*** Done from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig.

Woot! Back in the swing of thing. Yeah!

Mind Sieve 12/17/12

What did I find this week? Let's go see!

New Simon's Cat! Icecapade. Adorable!

From Chalie - Fun Science: Saturn.

A cool pic of Star Trek Into Darkness offered by The Nerdist. Very much looking forward to it!

Man of Steel official trailer # 2! Woot!

Oblivion with Tom Cruise - SF! Yeah! Looks awesome!

This one looks funky - The Mulbury Project.

Wow~! A ton of SF is coming next year. Sweet~! After Earth Trailer.

Lone Ranger Trailer 2 - this is going to be one weird puppy. Heh heh

The Sorcerer and the White Snake - looks like a ton of fun!

Attracting Reader Responses on Your Blog by Annemarie Miles posting at the Writer's Fun Zone blog.

Dealing With Offense - When Is It Okay to Lecture Others? from Kristen Lamb. (I have so had this happen. Wished they'd just sent me a message off list. How rude!)

25 Gifts For Writers from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig!

Have an awesome week! And if you come across some cool stuff, feel free to share! :)

Mind Sieve 11/5/12

Welcome!

This was so awesome and cute and! How To Ride Kuratas. For all the mech lovers out there. :)

A live action Halo series. Seems they're up to 4 episodes now. They're like 15 to 20 minutes each. Halo Forward Onto Dawn

A new Simon's Cat! "Fetch"

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - an Japanese animated Iron Man film for 2013!

Theme From Harry Potter for piano by Jarrod Radnich. This was WOW! Gave me super goosebumps!

Adele - Rolling in the Deep (feat.Amanda Scott) and the Piano Guys. Was only going to do one music video but...

Anna Karerina Official Trailer 2. This should be utterly fascinating.

This comedy could be very cute! Quartet. And it stars 3 Harry Potter veterans! (Headless Ned, McGonagall, and Dumbledore 2.0!) :P

Another quirky but possibly good one - Struck By Lightning. High schoolers blackmailing other high schoolers to write stories for a high school magazine. lol. 

This was too cute - If the Top 10 Social Media Sites Were Halloween Candy by Kristen Daukas.

From Gene Lempp - Designing From Bones - Otherworld. (With some sage advice about not spending too much time living in our make believe worlds!) :P

From Kristen Lamb - Structure Part 8 - Balancing the Scenes That Make Up Your Novel.

May your week be creative and utterly awesome!

Mind Sieve 10/8/12

Good morning!

Because there's no such thing as too much Phineas and Ferb (Especially AGent P!) "Where's My Perry?" app game. Woot!

The Lone Ranger trailer. Booyah! Looks like a serious film too. Sweet!

The Making of the A Song and Fire 2013 Calendar. Cool stop motion video of the drawing of the calendar. From Tor.com

The First Time Movie trailer. Looks cute. :)

This one looks weird... The Paperboy Trailer

And another weird one...Killing Them Softly Movie Trailer

A new Simon's Cat! Springtime. 

3 Ways Comment Moderation Throttles Your Blog by Patrick Thunstrom.

How To Win Some Blogger Love-Scoring The Book Review, Guest Post, or Interview by Kristen Lamb.

25 Prefixes You Should Know from Julie Glover. There's even a song! lol.

Water Poisons from James J Murray. Interesting info and useful too! :)

Have a ton of fun!

Mind Sieve 7/2/12

Looks like service will remain uninterrupted despite surgery. Yay! :P (Or at least I hope so!)

Simon's Cat in "Window Pain" Hee hee!

Write Like The Wind (George RR Martin) from Geek Sundry. Too fun!

3 Second Rule from Lisa Gail Allred. Done as a bit of fun that went viral. :P

Medieval Mondays: Chinese Repeating Crossbow from A J Walker. Back in the 4th Century BC! Amazing!

Collaborator Trailer. Looks bizarre!

Iron Man 3 Official photo from EW.com

House At The End Of The Street Trailer 2. This one makes more sense than the last one. :P

Ancient Olympic Athleticism At The British Museum from the History Blog.

Designing From Bones - Real Fictional Cannibals from Gene Lempp.

No One Can Sell Your Book Like You Can, or How to Earn Real Money on Your Books from SkyWarrior Press. She makes it sound so easy but it's not. Waaaaahhhh!

How To Launch A Book Without Loosing Your Mind from Elizabeth Spann Craig.

Hustling: How To Spread The Word About Your Work from Jane Friedman.

25 Things You Should Know About Writing Fantasy from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig.

Also from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - 25 Ways To Fight Your Story's Mushy Middle.

Okay, I'm done in. Have fun!

Mind Sieve 6/11/12

Happy Monday! (Or is that an oxymoron?) :P

This Week In from Charlie. He's just too cute. Though I have to disagree about Cars 2. He might be too young to appreciate all the jokes. Heh heh. (I feel old now.) :P

Call Me Maybe Parody from The Key of Awesome. (Possible brain damage - but cute. You've been warned.) :P

Rockelbel's Canon (Pachebel's Canon in D) - 4 Cellos - from the Piano Guys. Awesome upbeat version of the old classic. 

Simon's Cat in Tongue Tied. So cute!!!

Prince of Balls Game Video Preview - looks like they currently have it for web with apps coming soon. Looks really cute. 

The Good Doctor Movie Trailer - looks very trippy. 

1st Skyfall Poster for the next 007 Film from Total Film

From the Huffington Post - Europe History Time Lapse. Pretty darn cool. When the Mongol Hordes hit, there is no doubt! 

New Skull Made of Typewriter Parts by Jeremy Mayer. Check out the second skull pic at the site. The back of the head is too cool as well.

Designing From Bones - Enigma and the Iron Thunderbolt from Gene Lempp. 

Won't Back Down Official Trailer. Loads of talent on this one.

Social Media Is An Imperfect Sales Tool. Use It Anyway from Nathan Bransford. I totally agree with him, though at times it drives me crazy that I can't keep up with everything everyone shares, I have definitely stumbled on new friends and cool stuff to share because of it. :)

From Mashable What Twitter's Do Not Track Feature Will Mean For You.

How To Instantly Boost Your Twitter Appeal from Cassera Communications.

From Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - 25 Reasons You Should Quit Writing.

7 Reasons To Be Grateful You're A Writer from Victoria Mixon.

From The Write Practice - Three Times You Should Use A Comma. One can never have these rules pounded enough into ones brain. :P

See you next time!